PIM 2022: Successfully Aging with Our Information and Our Information Tools King’s Plaza, Ballroom Level, Wyndham Grand Hotel Pittsburgh, PA, United States, October 29, 2022 |
Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=pim2022 |
CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
PIM 2022: Successfully Aging with Our Information and Our Information Tools
An ASIS&T 2022 workshop
Saturday, Oct. 29th, 9am to 5pm, EDT (with additional/alternate. asynchronous pre-workshop discussion on-line.)
King’s Plaza, Ballroom Level, Wyndham Grand Hotel, Pittsburgh, PA, USA (but with an option for those who can't attend to participate in an on-line, asynchronous, pre-workshop discussion).
Deadline for submission: Monday, September 26, 2022. (But with the option to submit earlier to receive earlier notification, e.g., as needed, for purposes of planning and budgeting. We will endeavor to provide notification as soon as possible after your submission).
1. Theme
Successful aging is for all of us! Even as we enter our 20’s, we begin a gradual decline by some measures of ability, cognitive as well as physical, while by other measures of cognitive ability we continue to show improvement as we age into our 60’s and beyond. To be sure, aging, of societies as well as individuals, can bring transition and crisis. To age successfully is to show resilience in the face of age-related declines while taking full advantage of the knowledge and wisdom that come with age. In this 8th in a series of workshops to discuss issues of personal information management (PIM) -- the third to be offered at ASIS&T -- special focus will be given to the ways in which our information and related tools might support us throughout our lives.
On-line, asynchronous, pre-workshop discussion aims to engage a wide range of researchers and practitioners involved in work relating to the workshop theme. The actual workshop will be full-day (8 hours), in-person, and will be followed by the publication of a collaborative article detailing current knowledge (and gaps) and especially promising directions of future research. Endorsed by SIG-KM & SIG-USE.
2. Organizers
- William Jones, University of Washington, USA;
- Jesse Dinneen, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany;
- Yuanyuan Feng, University of Vermont, USA;
- Maja Krtalic, Victoria University of Wellington, Te Herenga Waka, NZ;
- Rob Capra, University of North Carolina, USA
- Mary Czerwinski, Microsoft, USA
- Jacek Gwizdka, iSchool, University of Texas at Austin, USA
- Catherine Marshall, Department of Computer Science &Engineering, Texas A&M, USA
3. Objectives
Participants consider research and direct experience relating to roles that information and information tools might play in successful aging (SA):
How can information tools support us better as we age? We consider tools that reduce demands on facilities such as working memory, which is shown to decline gradually with normal aging beginning as early as when a person turns 20, while possibly increasing reliance on facilities such as vocabulary and general world knowledge, which improve steadily with normal aging. The broad perspective of PIM encourages a consideration of tools that integrate across functions such as journaling and task/to-do list management to provide support for both episodic and prospective memory, both shown to decline with normal aging. This perspective also considers tools of health informatics to support the tracking and interpretability of measures relating to our health and well-being.
What can we do, right now? … in the organization of our information and our choice of information tools towards more successful aging? Considerations include long-term collection planning, deliberate training to proficiency in tools and techniques of PIM, and development, through subscriptions and personal relationships, of information channels.
What methods scale?... for the exploration and validation of information tools and techniques in support of successful aging? We must consider not only how well people are doing now (across tools and different forms of information) but also how well they will do over the long run. Might some methods scale to be “massive, open and on-line” in ways that support the voluntary participation of a large and diverse number of people?
What about policies and regulations? In addition, we consider corporate policies and governmental regulations that might better support SA. What support is needed, for example, to ensure format interoperability so that information itself can “successfully age” for use in newer tools? Also relevant are measures to encourage greater age diversity in workplace teams where, as with other forms of diversity, this is seen not only as “the proper thing to do” but also as advantageous for all concerned.
From the workshop will follow an article reviewing the state of our knowledge with respect to the use of information and information tools in SA and serving as a call to action towards further research and development.
4. Requirements
We aim to engage even those who can’t attend the in-person workshop itself, but who are doing relevant work, in an on-line, asynchronous, pre-workshop discussion during which contributions can help shape the format and discussion of the workshop itself. All participants, on-line and in-person, are also invited to contribute to the post-workshop report and to submit a paper for inclusion on the workshop website
All who are interested in participating (on-line or in-person), should submit a one- to two-thousand-word (1-to-4-page) statement (excluding references, preferably in APA format, written in English, PDF or MS Word) describing their position and work they are doing as this relates to the workshop theme Brevity is encouraged! Please do not anonymize. Please also indicate whether you are able to participate in both the pre-workshop, on-line discussion and the in-person workshop or only the on-line discussion (pre- workshop only).
Click here to submit (note: You must have or create an EasyChair account. Please name your file for upload according to the format: <short title>,<last name of author>.)
Those accepted are then expected to::
- Provide a “bio slide” (STANDARD 4:3 ) as a pdf. The slide should describe your background, your recent/current research as this relates to the workshop theme and (optional) include a recent picture of you. If you wish to link to additional information on-line, consider using QR codes.
- For those attending the actual workshop, please bring a poster-sized printout of your bio slide with you to the workshop. Bio slides will be affixed to the walls of the meeting room so that participants can look at each other's bio slides during breaks. Printouts should follow these guidlines:
- The layout should be landscaped.
- Your poster needs to be no more than 48" wide x 36" high (121.92 x 91.44 cm).
- The poster should be readable from approximately 1.5 m away.
- Participate (investing at least 1 hour of time) in an extended pre-workshop discussion designed to elicit/elaborate on key issues and areas of discussion – the better to use the limited time of the in-person workshop itself.
- (optional) Provide a full paper (approx. 10 pgs) for inclusion on the workshop web site.
In addition, if you are participating in-person at the workshop itselfl (Oct. 29th, King’s Plaza, Ballroom Level, Wyndham Grand Hotel, Pittsburgh, PA, USA):
- Register for the workshop (https://www.asist.org/am22/ -- registration for the full ASIST conference is optional). Note that workshop registration is higher than for other workshops because it is a full-day workshop.
- Bring a poster-sized print of your bio slide with you to the workshop for display on a meeting room wall (the better for all participants to get to know each other). The slide will also be published on the workshop web site.
5. Dates
- September 26, 2022. Final deadline for submission of position statement. (But submit earlier for earlier notification).
- Tuesday, October 4, 2022 (or earlier) for notification.
- Tuesday, October 4 thru Tuesday, October 25, 2022. Extended online discussion in preparation for the workshop and to include participants who can’t attend the workshop.
- Tuesday, October 25, 2022. bio-slide and (optional) full paper due for consideration for inclusion on the web site.
- Saturday, October 29, 2022. In-person workshop.
- Tuesday, January 10, 2023 (or sooner). Targeted date for completion of an article to describe the workshop and its (provisional) conclusions. (All participants who wish can participate as co-authors).